Matt and polyester resin hold stuff together, but they don't bond worth a
crap and you need strength where damage has occurred, not a resin-rich
fiber-poor patch.  Also grinding down into the the damage and having
increasingly wider layers of repair material to fill the void helps spread
the load over the damage area and helps to make the finishing layer look
half way professional.   Rant concluded

DM&FS .
-----Original Message-----
From: JordanVw@aol.com <JordanVw@aol.com>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Monday, November 22, 1999 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: Paint code for gray fiberglass bumpers

>In a message dated 11/22/99 11:07:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, dave@251.ORG
>writes:
>
><<  has anyone repaired the fiberglass bumpers
> before?  If so what did you use?  I was thinking a standard fiberglass
> repair kit and a lot of sanding.  Thanks.
>  >>
>
>
>thats what i did.  repair w. fiberglass reesin and matting, reinforce with
>matting from the rear, and spot fill w/ body filler, then sand prime and
>paint.
>
>chris